Has Hollywood always had “healthy contempt” for creativity? This is why David Simon thinks so.
The Writers Guild of America strike is officially in its tenth week, and there are no signs of the strike ending any time soon. As productions finally come to a halt, the Hollywood industry should be starting to feel the hole burning in their pockets that they could easily fix by giving the WGA a fair deal, but will they?
The Wire creator David Simon, who self-describes as a “lifelong union man” as a member of the Newspaper Guild and the WGA, believes that the entertainment industry’s top executives don’t respect even the biggest writers in the industry.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
